As you all know, we are celebrating the amazing things about women for International Women's Day 2018! So, for Shoujo Amino's celebration, #SAWomensWeek, I am here to share one of the wonderful women from shoujo who has inspired me to do amazing things with my life. So, without further ado, I present to you, Tohru Honda from the shoujo anime and manga, Fruits Basket!

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Age: 16

Birthday: May 6

Astrological Sign: Taurus

Year: Dog

Hair Color: Brown

Eye Color: Brown (Manga); Blue (Anime)

Height: 5'2" (156.7 cm)

Weight: 101.4 lbs (46 kg)

Blood Type: O

Voice Actors

Yui Horie (Japanese)

Laura Bailey (English)

Seon hui Mun (Korean)

Caroline Pascal (French)

Roser Vilches (Spanish)

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W H Y T O H R U ?

Tohru Honda is a character that represents the beginning of my adventures with anime and manga. She is the character from the first anime, shoujo and non-shoujo, that I've ever watched. For me, she is a representation of new beginnings, but she also has taught me a lot. Her words and actions have resonated through my heart and mind and this is my way of giving back and saying, "Thank you, Tohru, for all of the amazing things that you have taught me." So in a way, these are the lessons that I have learned from Ms. Tohru Honda!

L E S S O N O N E

It only makes sense to start off with (what I believe is) the most popular analogy in the whole series... The rice ball's plum analogy! Don't remember exactly what was said or the basics of it? Here is the direct quote right from Ms. Tohru Honda's mouth!

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"Maybe the reason you don't see it is that it's stuck to your back. What I mean is, a person's admiral qualities - they're just like, say, a pickled plum on a rice ball. In other words the person's the rice ball and the plum's stuck to their back. So, all over the world you can have rice balls made with all sorts of wonderful ingredients, all different flavors and shapes and colors, but since they'd be stuck in the middle of everyone's back, someone could have a plum and not even know it. They'd look at themselves and think "I'm so plain, nothing but white rice," even though it isn't true because, turn them around and, sure enough, there it is. There's the plum. So if someone is jealous of somebody else, well, then, it's probably because it's easier to see the plum on someone else's back than it is on your own. Yup. I can see it. I can see it very clearly, Kyo. You don't know it but you have a great big plum on your back."

~Tohru Honda

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I know that it's rather long, but the analogy itself is saying that everyone has something that makes them unique or special. Whether it be a talent or a personality trait, everyone has one or more that makes them stand out in a crowd. However sometimes it's hard to not get jealous of something that makes someone else awesome, but no matter what you should try to remember that you have something similar. Don't let jealousy blind you from seeing what makes you amazing.

L E S S O N T W O

The second lesson that I've learned from Fruits Basket, or more specifically, Tohru, is that kindness doesn't come naturally. As much as we want people to be kind automatically, it's not that easy. One has to make an effort to be kind in order to receive kind responses.

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"No one really starts out kind. All we know how to do at first is want. We want food, we want attention... It's just natural survival instinct, I guess... But kindness is something that we all have to learn as we go. It's something that grows and develops slowly over time... The same way our bodies do..."

~Tohru Honda

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I think that this is easily one of most common themes shown in shoujo. I've found that the members here, on Shoujo Amino, are some of most kind people that I've ever met. And I'd like to credit this kindness to the lessons from shoujo, whether it was learned from Fruits Basket, Sailor Moon, Ao Haru Ride, or any other shoujo anime or manga. Kindness prevails when you make an effort to be kind and it can lead to beautiful aftermaths.

L E S S O N T H R E E

My last lesson that I'm going to share with you today can be seen as a rather sad one. To some it can be a touchy subject, however how it was carried out was quite beautiful.

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"Sometimes living can be hard! But it's only because we're alive that we can make each other laugh, cry, and be happy!"

~Tohru Honda

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I feel as though because this quote is so short, it's easier to interpret. I'm not going to say as much about because of that. Living life is an amazing experience and sometimes it can be difficult, however you shouldn't let it pull you down. Remember that their can be bad days, but their can always be good days. And the good days are the ones you're most likely going to look back upon when you're older, not the necessarily the bad days.

I know that I could go on and on about more lessons, but let's face it, you would probably be reading for days. However, I do hope that you enjoyed reading about these lessons taught by Tohru Honda from Fruits Basket. If you have anything to add, whether it be thoughts, feeling, questions, opinions, etcetera, feel free to leave them down below. And thank you all so much for taking time out of your day to read this wiki entry.

xox/GeeklyChic || #SAWomensWeek

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You're still here? Check out this playlist that I made on Spotify to go all with this post for #SAWomensWeek! It doesn't exactly go along with Fruits Basket, but it is quite the GIRL POWER playlist. Click the link below to take a listen to it! :blush: :two_hearts: :sparkles:

Oohh I have the same birthday as Tohru!!! :eyes: She sounds like a really sweet and kind-hearted girl that I would love to know more about and I love how you brought in lessons learnt, not too much and not too little. Just perfect! :heart_eyes: I enjoyed reading your Wiki Entry and the important things of what life lessons can teach us and how we can overcome them! It feels very influential the way you wrote your words and the quotes that you chose really showed amazing things :sparkling_heart: Awesome job!

Hello ^_^ I loved this blog so much :two_hearts: :two_hearts: Tohru is my love & I love her personality the best :sparkling_heart: :sparkling_heart: Ur lessons we're on point & made me feel happy ^_^ It really captured the lovely feel of the anime/manga :heart: Now I wanna hear the soundtrack cx it always gets me in my feels cx :sparkling_heart: